NEWS
Bowie City Council to see budget ordinance
The City of Bowie will conduct the first reading of an ordinance approving the 2023-24 budget when the city council meets at 6 p.m. on Aug. 28.
A public hearing for the proposed tax rate for 2023 also will take place. The rate is .5430 cents per $100 in property value, the same rate as 2022. This will generate $141,334 in additional tax revenue.
The general fund proposed budget is $9,646,613 and the utility fund is $11,516,160. The final figures may change slightly as the certificate of obligations sought to pay for the Nelson Street drainage project are sold and finalized.
In an executive session the council will conduct annual evaluations of the municipal judge, city secretary and city manager.
Other topics is a request from the Helen Farabee Center for a monetary contribution, Atmos Cities rate settlment, joining the SmartBuy program with the state and consider renaming Jaycees Park to City of Bowie Southside Park.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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